La haye Sainte (2 in 1)

La Haye Sainte remastered, OK,OK Converted, well not really converted more destroyed. But you can carry both Complete and destroyed in the same box.....
I have used two farms for this project. I have cut off all the attaching except the ones that attach the front wall to the main farmhouse.

I have used two boards, on for the farm and one for the garden

The destroyed wall fits inside the now hollow wall, using the garden wall back to back and the top gap filled and strengthend inside with abit of old sprue

Repeated the same on all the walls, wallpaper "cobbles" and "slab" flooring for farmhouse

Ruined farm appearing

Destroyed wall being hidden

Completed ruin structure

I have cut away a piece of the pigpen to take the tall part of destroyed wall

Destroyed and complete buildings

Fine and course sand to be used

Fine sand around the outside base of all the ruins and the outskirts of the farmyard

Completed, prior to painting. I then added the Course sand around the perimeter painted the Farm

                                                       

                                                              The finshed Project

                                          The Germans arrive. Zis iz your billet Herr Major.

                                                             "Check out ze buildings men"

                                                         "und ze garten, any zourkraut?"

                                                Allied Aerial observer see whats moving about.

                                                             Two Regiments of 25pdrs later.

Another Building- Bungalow, using the same process

Afrika Korps WWII

Last year I decided to build the German Forces for Operation Battleaxe, from the Rapid Fire Desert book. I had all the Italian's required, and I had given myself two months to build it from this:

                                                                        to this

Vehicles first
A collection of Britannia, Armourfast and Frontline with a couple of Lledo diecast

                        Primed white, then applied a coat of Tamiya Dark yellow XF59

                                  various stages of the painting process

                                 Lledo with stowage

                                 at about the half way stage

Some extra vehicles came in and I had to play catch-up (on the right)

I try and finish all the vehicles to same stage before moving to the next paint stage

                                1st Tank unit

                                A few conversions, HQ tank

                                 Divisional Radio vehicle

                                Divisional HQ truck

When all the stowage, etc painted, I then applied Decals and gave the vehicles a wash of Humbrol 86 brown.

The finished units
                                The 1st Division

                                Divisional HQ

                                 Recon Unit

                                 Armoured HQ

                                Famo Recovery Half Track

                                Tank Regiment

                                 Supply vehicles

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